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1957
The Company Sties Termo Transport LTD. was established by Øystein Stie.
Sties first truck was a Scania Vabis L71 (Regent) 1956 model with trailer. The truck had isolated containers fir transporting frozen spinach by order of Fionor Products, using dry ice to refrigerate.

1961
Sties first truck with refrigerator was set into duty. This was the first truck painted in the well known colours, blue and white. This was the biggest and finest thermo-truck that until then was built in Norway, and the truck got great coverage when it was delivered.

The new truck lead to the transport of cool and frozen goods over long distances. We where then able to transport goods for Frionor Products to Europe and due to our good quality the demand increased.

Consequently, the export of frozen products made possible the transport of fruits and vegetables from Europe back to Norway. The first import was bananas from Hamburg, which quickly lead to the transport of vegetables from the Netherlands and fruit from Spain and Italy.

1970
In the following years, the demand of meat and fish transport increased. Sties became the biggest and best carrier specialized in refrigerated transport within Norway, with a fleet of trucks that were no older than 3 years.
Gradually the Sties drivers became well known in Europe with customs and forwarding agents, and not to forget they learned how to navigate through the European countries.

1980
Sties began with transports to Russia which at this time was a closed country with very strong restrictions on permitting temporary visas. Russia would have the transports for themselves, and they would not let any foreign drivers into their country.
The Russian government cleared 20 pf the drivers for driving inside Russia. The drivers stayed on Finnish/Russian border and were on the Russian side for as short as possible. Sties came through with 200 transports of meat to Moscow and St. Petersburg (Leningrad).

1982
The development of breeding salmon production in Norway generated an increased demand for refrigerated transport. Our response to the market’s needs was the building up of a new terminal for fish capable to absorb large amounts of fresh salmon as well as new routines for managing such quantities.

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